The following is an edit from the Document entitled
Ottawa Valley ASHRAE Chapter "50 Years of History"
compiled by Frank
Bann et al., June 2000
Chapter Meeting minutes are missing for this year, therefore the following is extracted from monthly newsletters and is assumed to be correct:
The Chapter Meetings continued at the Cathay House through this Chapter year.
October's meeting topic was "FANS". The speaker was J. Colin Orr, of Sheldons Engineering.
The topic for November's meeting was "Mechanical Aspects of Noise", speaker Dr. D. Allen of Vibron.
On December 4th 1973 the Christmas Dance was held at the Tudor Inn, previously called the Pineland Pavilion. The attendance was record at over 140 persons.
In January the meeting topic was "Fire and Smoke Control in High Rise Buildings". The discussion took the form of a panel with various speakers.
February's meeting was preceeded by a tour of the University of Ottawa Central Heating Plant. The evening meeting topic was the "Human Side of Control Monitoring" with speaker Bill Vaughan of the University of Ottawa.
Jacques Guenette of Volcano Ltd. was the speaker for March, his topic being "Thermal Liquid Systems". This invloved the use of mineral oils rather than water as a heat transfer medium.
In April the topic was "Chapter Regional Conference", because Ottawa was the host. This was held at the Skyline Hotel spanning April 17-20, 1974.
At May’s meeting the following slate of Officers were elected in by the members:
President - Rudolf Jetzelsperger
Vice-President - Charlie Hobbs
Secretary - Grant Wilson
Treasurer - Jim Black
Board of Governors - Gary Bugler, Bob McKee, Ralph Warring
Presumably, President Lorne Wilson turned over his office to the incoming president Rudy Jetzelsperger and thanked the executive for their assistance during the past year.
Key Dollar Value in this period
Pierre Trudeau
1968-1979
=
1.01 dollar U.S.
Roland Michener
1967-1974
Key Events in this period
At Mururoa Atoll, French Polynesia, crew members of the Canadian Greenpeace ship Rainbow Warrior III are beaten by French sailors who boarded and seized the vessel during an anti-nuclear protest.
Place du Portage, Phase I, built in hull for the Consumer and Corporate Affairs department
Ottawa - Commons votes to continue partial ban on capital punishment for another five years; except for murders of police officers or prison guards
The Parti Quebecois wins 30.8 percent of the popular vote in the Quebec election but only takes six seats.The results represented Quebec's growing endoresment of the moderate separatism of Rene Levesque.
Philadelphia wins the Stanley Cup
May 7 Philadelphia 2 Boston 3
May 9 Philadelphia 3 Boston 2 OT
May 12 Boston 1 Philadelphia 4
May 14 Boston 2 Philadelphia 4
May 16 Philadelphia 1 Boston 5
May 19 Boston 0 Philadelphia 1